Chapter 1050： cannot be adapted

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"Evan, are you serious? You don't think Isengard will sell the adaptation rights?" Teddy Bell asked as he skillfully reversed the car into the garage. read h-u-n with me *h-u-n--please keep in mind

Evan Bell sat in the passenger seat and smiled, "Teddy, sometimes, the producers are very stubborn, and they won't let go when they decide on a script."

Teddy Bell parked the car, turned off the engine, and got out, "As far as my current experience is concerned, I haven't encountered such a thing, so I'm very curious about what kind of script can make Isengard persist for so many years. unwilling to give up.”

It's not unusual for Teddy Bell to have this idea. In Hollywood, for producers, the use of a work can be divided into two categories, box office and awards, and the award of awards is not only an honor, but also the stimulation of the box office is what the producer pursues, so in conclusion , the purpose of a work is actually only one: profit. Therefore, in Hollywood, it is often seen that a script is tossing and turning in the hands of various producers, and it has been silent for many years and never sees the light of day. For example, in the adaptation of "Brokeback Mountain", many producers expressed interest before and after, but no one made up their minds in the end; another example is the seven-year preparation of "Notebook of Love"~~-In the end, the bamboo basket was empty, "Little Sunshine" took four years and was finally abandoned. It is really uncommon in the film industry to ask a producer to abandon his interests, consider it from the perspective of the work alone, and stick to the work for the sake of his own preferences.

"Perfume: A Murderer's Tale" had been in Constantine's hands for four years, and Bernard Isenger had been chasing the script long before that, lasting as long as Eight years later, this script has still not been able to be made into a movie, but Bernard Isenger still did not give up.

Now, the adaptation of the film "Perfume" cannot find a suitable director, and Constantine Pictures' chosen partner DreamWorks is also facing a financial crisis and can't take care of itself. Under the circumstances, it is reasonable to assume that Côte-Laporte believes that Bernard-Isinger is willing to transfer the adaptation rights. But Evan Bell believes that Bernard Isengard will not sell the adaptation rights, which makes Teddy Bell feel like he has heard the story of the Thousand and One Nights.

The reason why Evan Bell thinks so naturally comes from the memory of a previous life.

The original novel "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" was written by German writer Patrick Suskind. Since its publication in 1985, the novel has always ranked among the top ten best-sellers in Germany and has been translated into more than 40 kinds of books. language, spread all over the world. -/ --Ad full text

This novel tells a story that happened in Paris in the 18th century. The hero Jean-Baptiste Grenouille was born in a stinky fish stall in Paris, but he was born with an incredible ability to distinguish smells. Made a perfect bottle of perfume and killed twenty-six teenage girls to ingest its scent. "Perfume" won the only one of the fifteen Gutenberg Awards for Outstanding Foreign Fiction in 1987.

This novel, written in the classical style, is known as "the most famous German novel of the twentieth century". Among them, the description of the sense of smell is a classic. Since the author's description of the sense is very detailed, this book must use his multiple senses to "see" the book. Taste with your nose, close your eyes if you feel that it is not deep enough, and like Grenouille, the protagonist of the novel, to pursue the taste covered by various scents, the description of each scent in the novel is so meticulous , people can not help but amazed.

Evan Bell had read the original German version, and Eden Hudson recommended it to him to learn German. As a result, the countless delicate adjectives in the book make Evan Bell very difficult to read but also very beneficial. The description of perfume in the book makes people applaud. For the first time the owner of the perfumery smelled the perfume of the protagonist Grenouille, he saw himself "in the arms of a woman with black curly hair, and saw the silhouette of the rose bushes on the window sill, and a gust of night wind blew through the window; he heard The scattered birds sang and heard music from a tavern on the far quay; he heard a whisper close to his ear, he heard 'I love you, and found himself bristling with happiness.' He therefore named the fragrance "Nights of Naples" in honor of his love.

It's hard to imagine that just through words, you can draw a picture of taste in your mind. The immersive aroma makes the ink taste between the lines more and more fascinating.

After the "Perfume" novel, which was called "an important event and a miracle" by the literary circles, came out, countless producers competed for the film rights, but the author Patrick Suskind refused all invitations. Suskind is notoriously skeptical, refusing to sell his film rights for a long time. The only one recognized by Patrick Suskind is the famous film master Stanley Kubrick.

Stanley Kubrick, who created classic films such as "Dr. Strangelove", "2001 A Space Odyssey", "A Clockwork Orange" and "The Shining", has no doubts about his film talents. After being favored by Patrick Suskind, Stanley Kubrick also showed great interest in the novel, and personally went into battle to try to adapt the novel. But in the end Stanley-Kubrick gave up, because he felt that the novel could not be made into a movie, and the language of the lens should be used to present the feeling of "scent" and clearly express the role of "smell". An almost impossible task, as the gas is completely invisible.

After Stanley-Kubrick, "Perfume" was also widely regarded as a story that could not be adapted.

Stanley Kubrick passed away in 1999 after completing his last work, "Eyes-Opening." After that, Patrick Suskind, who went into seclusion, rejected all offers from producers and stubbornly refused to sell the rights to the film.

As a German, Bernard Eisinger actually showed interest in "perfume" as early as the end of the 1980s, but unfortunately he was closed by Patrick Suskind. Later, when Stanley Kubrick began to try to adapt the script, Bernard Isenger made a proposal to acquire the film adaptation rights based on Constantine Pictures, and he also agreed to cooperate with Stanley Kubrick. Working together to bring the original to the big screen is to impress Patrick v Suskind. Unfortunately, it still failed. After Stanley Kubrick's death, Bernard Isenger had no chance.

But Bernard Isenger still did not give up. He spent three years before and after, persevered to see Patrick Suskind, and finally moved the stubborn old man, and successfully acquired the price of 10 million euros acquired the film rights to "Perfume".

Imagine that Bernard-Isenger has been interested in "perfume" since the late 1980s. It has been more than 15 years since then, but Bernard-Isinger has not given up. You can see his persistence. Therefore, Evan Bell realized after the excitement when he first heard the news that Bernard Isenger would not sell the adaptation rights. Because Bernard Isenger wanted to see this legendary novel live on the big screen, he wanted to live up to the expectations of Patrick Suskind and Stanley Kubrick, he had to take responsibility.

In fact, in the last life, Bernard v Isenger's 15 years of perseverance finally got a report, and the "perfume" that was expected for more than 20 years before and after, Bernard-Isinger handed over to the "Lola Quick" Run" and internationally renowned director Tom Tykwer came to direct. Tom Tykwer's finished product received mixed reviews, but overall audiences and critics liked it and acknowledged Tom Tykwer's work. Tom-Tikaway uses the power of imagery, sound and music to create an atmosphere of smell to great effect.

In the past life, after the movie was released, it performed very well at the box office. In areas other than the United States, it achieved more than 100 million US dollars, which is amazing! However, Constantine Pictures and DreamWorks believed that this work would not have a good box office in North America, so they only held a limited screening and achieved more than two million US dollars. In addition to the box office, "Perfume" has also achieved good results at major film festivals in Europe.

However, in this lifetime, the trajectory of history has changed. Evan Bell remembered that "Perfume" was originally supposed to be filmed in 2006, and was released in late 2006 and early 2007. Now it is nearly ten months earlier. I don't know if the results will change this time. For example, Bernard Isenger, although unwilling to transfer the adaptation rights, is willing to hand over this work called "impossible adaptation" to Evan Bell, which has only two A newcomer to the director's work.

The two Bell brothers had already left the parking lot, walked into the Spanish restaurant in front of them, and succeeded in seeing Bernard v Isenger in the small crowd.

Bernard Isenger has a short head, and the entire face is relatively tough, but his small eyes reveal rigor and shrewdness, which makes people think of Germans at first impression, or Nordic people. "Sit down and see what you want for lunch. My stomach can't wait." This was the first greeting from Bernard Isenger, before he even had time to introduce himself.

"Do Germans eat lunch so early? Didn't my German teacher tell me the correct cultural customs?" Evan Bell said with a smile, and sat down directly across from Bernard Isenger. Dee Bell took his seat next to Evan Bell.

Bernard Isenger glanced at Evan Bell and laughed twice, "No, I'm just hungry. I only drank and didn't eat for dinner last night. When I woke up this morning, I almost shoved my wrist into the mouth."

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